We'll be reading The Help by Stockett for October's book. Last month, our book club went and watched the movie The Help. We decided to read the book. The novel is told from the point of view of three narrators: Aibileen Clark, a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children, and who has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson, an African-American maid whose back-talk towards her employers results in her having to frequently change jobs, exacerbating her desperate need for work as well as her family's struggle with money; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a young white woman and recent college graduate who, after moving back home, discovers that a maid that helped raise her since childhood has abruptly disappeared and her attempts to find her have been unsuccessful. The stories of the three women intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help", with complex relations of power, money, emotion, and intimacy tying together the white & black families of Jackson.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Our 2nd Anniversary Celebration!!!!
In 2009, Labor Day Weekend we had our first ever book club meeting. We discussed To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee and enjoyed a yummy dessert. We want to CELEBRATE our book club's milestone. We came from humble beginnings. Beginning with a conversation that RonnaLee and Jamie had on Facebook. Since then, we have a fan page and group page on Facebook, a blog, an article in theTooele Transcript and have invited local authors to come and discusse their works with us. RonnaLee and Jamie have decided that it would be fun to have an outing with our book clubbers for a movie and dinner. The movie would be The Help and dinner will be at Applebee's. We will discussing the books we read during our Summer Break. Books are Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
When: Thursday, September 15th 2011
Time: 6:00pm
Where: We will meet at the Stockton LDS Meetinghouse, we will meet there and we go to there together.
We have decided to watch The Help and we will be reading the book in October.
Please RSVP e-mail us at stocktonbookclubut@yahoo.com.
When: Thursday, September 15th 2011
Time: 6:00pm
Where: We will meet at the Stockton LDS Meetinghouse, we will meet there and we go to there together.
We have decided to watch The Help and we will be reading the book in October.
Please RSVP e-mail us at stocktonbookclubut@yahoo.com.
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